title: A histologic and embryologic analysis of so-called globulomaxillary cysts.
abstract: In an attempt to clarify the confusing concept of the so-called globulomaxillary cyst, we have reviewed all cases of this lesion occurring in the files of the CMDNJ-NJDS Biopsy Service between 1967--1977. We have discussed our cases in terms of the criteria used inconsistently in the literature of the globulomaxillary cyst: its location, the vitality of adjacent teeth, its histologic structure and its supposed origin from non-odontogenic embryonic epithelial remnants. We concluded that none of the criteria established the globulomaxillary cyst as a distinct entity and suggest that use of the term be discontinued.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009631:Nonodontogenic Cysts / Q000145:classification / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology*